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Study: Furniture tip-over injuries rising

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although most parents do not consider furniture and televisions to be dangerous, children are often injured when these items tip over. A recent study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research ...





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Anyone can now download files relating to the EU dating back to 1952

EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book Fair

Technology / Internet

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.


Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora enforcement assistance chief John Sellar

Smuggling wildlife: From eggs in a bra to geckos in underwear

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

John Sellar is no comic book super hero, but judging by the criminals he deals with as the only policeman at the UN agency against illegal wildlife trade, he could well be one.


Mammalian Nuclei

Landmark study unlocks stem cell, DNA secrets to speed therapies

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created Oct 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 0

In a groundbreaking study led by an eminent molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as embryonic stem cells turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding ...


Why College Men May Hear 'Yes' When Women Mean 'No'

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 22, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Faulty male introspection may explain why men so often misinterpret women's indirect messages to stop or slow down the escalation of sexual intimacy, according to new research by UC Davis communication professor Michael Motley.


IBM Goes Live with Latest Virtual Business Center

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

IBM launched its new virtual IBM Business Center, providing IBM and its clients with a way to conduct business, gather information and form relationships.


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Some DVD collectors think big

Technology /

created Jan 24, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

As my favorite artist, Prince, used to say, he doesn't like the term "fan" because it's short for "fanatic." Nowhere is this more true than the avid DVD collector. I'm not talking about the person who has 100 ...


Research on Deep-Sea Sponge Yields Substantial Mechanical Engineering Insights

Research on Deep-Sea Sponge Yields Substantial Mechanical Engineering Insights

Other Sciences /

created Jul 08, 2005 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Scientists discover that marine sponge has unique structural properties, lending mechanical rigidity and stability to inherently fragile material In a paper to be published July 8 in Science, a Lucent Tec ...



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